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My tank will be for sale soon. It is about 4 years old AGA, reef ready, and drilled for a closed loop. I will be selling it (hopefully) within the next 4 weeks. I have an oak ready made stand, 30 gallon oceanic long sump, and iwaki 40 rlxt (1 year old) that I will be including. I will be looking...

So is anyone going to make one?

Looks good for a fresh water tank. Instead of buying and making a second one, you could buy some of that fluorescent light diffusion panel for drop ceiling lights and just put that under them. ;)

Well I have your heaters sitting in a bucket ready for you opps ::) I have 4 heaters which is fluctuating the temp between 76 and 77.5 degrees over the last 6 days. I now have orp and ph readings now that I have probes!!!! ORP is staying around 310 and my PH is right around 8. I still don't...

My mother ended up going and made out really well. She won an ice cap led retro and got some good deals on frags, including picking up some stuff from stan for me. ;D

make an acrylic one that sits down in the water like a divider and just pump in the flow you need into it. That would be neat.

what size and is it the t5 model?

That is pretty quick. My opinion is that it was a combination of the ro dip, potential phosphate & nitrate issues because of the phyto and filter socks, and your high calc and alk levels.  Also it is really tedious trying to do sps without a skimmer. You could try doing a continuous water...

Here is probably one of the main reasons. Don't dip your sps in ro water. It can cause the coral to lose the zooxanthellae living on it and can cause bleaching. It is fine for zoas and such, but not good for sps. For any sps treatment dips, use tank water or half of your tank water and half of...

It sounds like you had them far enough down that light acclimation wasn't the problem. If you have any bio balls, filter socks, pads, sponges or anything like that they need to be cleaned daily.

ro/di should be 0. Your calcium is a bit high along with the alk. Stop dosing phytoplankton which adds to phosphate issues. I also think you are going to need a skimmer or be prepared to do large water changes frequently with sps.

To anyone who is thinking about plumbing into the basement, my god does it make life so much better. I am enjoying the hobby so much more having the extra room, water volume, and access. I now have a ton of room to grow out coral and my tank water is the clearest I have ever seen it.

His tail grew back normal, which usually doesn't happen.

The concrete at the steps was about 3-4 inches deep. I used about 20 bags in that area alone. I appreciate the offer for help. At this point I have everything almost done, but if you want to swing by and check it out sometime let me know.

There was an issue getting high res pictures from the winning photographers. I got a little swamped and forgot about it last week, but I am in the process of reorganizing the winners and contacting any runner ups that I will need originals from. I was hoping it would go smoother, but not having...

I am thinking about sealing the room off with a sheet of foam and insulating the window area better.

So my water cleared up today! I guess the pipe needed to break in or something? So I have a question for all you people with cold basements. I have 4 300 watt heaters in the sump to keep my temp at 78 degrees. They are on all of the time. Are there any floating covers or other ways to cut down...

I don't think they are microbubbles. I am running filter socks and I also tried a bucket in the sump to see if it was micro bubbles. I am not sure at this point.

You need to use an dosing style pump or keep the end of the top off hose out of the water to prevent the back siphon. Also, sometimes relays can hang open on low draw pumps like the toms aqualifter and you have to use a mechanical relay. I think the neptunes have that as an option accessory. The...

When you guys tied into the basement, was your water cloudy for a few days. I am having this issue and I am wondering if the pvc needs to break in like a new skimmer.